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课件网) Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza New Words boxing boxer bare prizefighter crude marquis technically science popularity adore 拳击 拳击手 赤裸的 职业拳击手 粗野的 侯爵 严格根据法律意义地 科学 名望 崇拜，爱戴 alike fame eminent bitterly bet academy extravagant poverty match rule 一样地 名声 著名地 厉害地 打赌 专业学校 浪费的 贫困 比赛 规则 figure tremendous attention quarrel defeat fist swiftly solve ring champion 人物 极大的，惊人的 注意 吵架 击败，战胜 拳头 很快地 解决 拳击场 冠军 boxing n. 拳击 box v. 拳击 match: （有输赢结果的）比赛 game： （有规则的）比赛 the Asian Games 亚运会 the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会 contest （由评委评出结果的）比赛 a beauty contest 选美大赛 English speech contest 英语讲演比赛 competition 竞赛，竞争 competition for job 工作竞赛 race （与速度有关的）比赛 a swimming race 游泳比赛 a boat race 划船比赛 a bicycle race 自行车比赛 1. Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. 2. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money. fight v. to take part in a war or battle eg. Vietnam fought France and then the US for over 30 years. 越南先后与法国和美国作战三十多年。 3) fight for = struggle for fight to the independence of the nation 为祖国的独立而奋斗 fight for freedom 争取自由 bare adj. 赤裸的；光秃的；没有家具的 bare hands 徒手; bare fists 赤手空拳; bare feet 赤脚 【联想】naked adj. 赤裸的；光秃秃的 naked fields 不毛之地；naked trees 光秃秃的树 3. Because of this, they were known as prizefighters 1). due to this , owing to this , thanks to(幸亏；由于）, on account of this （一般不出现在口语中） as a result of (作为…的结果，由于） 例句：The delay was due to heavy traffic. He failed owing to carelessness. Thanks to the bad weather, the match was cancelled. That was on account of the lack of exercise. Hundreds of people lost their homes as a result of the war. 2）be known as 被称作 come to be known to sb. as sth. 被人称作 例句： They came to be known to us as fighters. 4. However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match. crude adj. 粗野的；粗俗的；粗鲁的；原始的；生的 crude jokes / manners / behaviour crude oil 原油 【联想】 rude adj. （not polite)粗鲁的；(simple)简单的，粗略的 a rude wooden chair 粗制烂造的木椅 a rude sketch 草图；草稿 rough adj. 粗糙的 a rough track led to the farm 通往农场的崎岖小路 a rough estimate 粗略的估计; a rough temper 粗暴的脾气 rough skin 粗糙的皮肤；（ delicate skin 细致的皮肤） 2) be seriously injured 受重创 be badly injured 受重创 be slightly injured 受轻伤 injure 受外伤 injure one’s pride 使自尊心（信心）受到打击 eg. His failure in the competition injured his self-esteem. wound （在作战）刀剑刺伤 hurt hurt one’s feelings 伤害别人的情感 harm 对…有害，伤害 eg. It will harm your eyes if you read in the sun. 5. One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764. figure n. 人物 colou ... ...
